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1 online resource |
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data file rda |
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (AAP eBooks, viewed on October 20, 2020) |
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Includes index |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Editors -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Healthy Family Begins Before the Baby Arrives -- Chapter 2. Feeding Your Baby -- Breastfeeding -- Bottle-feeding and Formula -- Chapter 3. Safe Drinking Water: It's More Complicated Than Buying a Filter -- Water Testing, Regulations, and Notices -- Babies and Drinking Water -- Drinking Water at Home and School: How Do We Know It Is Safe? -- Well Water -- Chapter 4. Healthy Eating: From Farm to Kitchen -- Antibiotics in Food -- Cooking and Food Storage -- Pesticides in Food |
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Food and Cancer -- Arsenic in Food -- Lead in Food and Cookware -- Herbs and Supplements -- Chapter 5. Your Home: Keeping It Safe for Your Family -- Getting Rid of Pests Safely -- Arts and Crafts Are Safe, Aren't They? -- Renovating Your Home Safely -- Air: What You Need to Know to Breathe Easy -- Allergy and Asthma Triggers -- Air Cleaners -- Tobacco Smoke -- A Sea of Chemicals? -- Personal Care Products -- Specific Hazardous Substances -- Asbestos -- Carbon Monoxide -- Lead -- Mercury -- Nickel -- Radon -- Chapter 6. Technology: Friend or Foe? |
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Chapter 7. Let's Go Outside! Playing It Safe in the Yard or on the Beach -- Decks and Wooden Structures -- Fun in the Sun -- Heat -- Sunscreen -- Playing in the Yard -- Chapter 8. What a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood! -- Healthy Neighborhoods -- Air Quality -- Noise Pollution -- Landfills -- Hazardous Waste Sites -- Chapter 9. Oh, the Places They Go! All Around Town With Your Child -- Healthy Child Care -- School -- Around Town -- Chapter 10. Your Teenager: A Whole New World -- Chapter 11. Navigating Your Child's Health Care -- Blood and Other Testing for Environmental Toxicants |
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Dental Issues -- X-rays -- Specific Health Conditions -- Asthma -- Cancer -- Developmental Disabilities -- Obesity -- Chapter 12. The Big Green Picture: Saving People and the Planet -- Appendix -- Resources -- Index -- About the Editors -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
Parents concerned about the effects of environmental hazards on their children's health will appreciate this accessible Q&A guide. |
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Children -- Diseases -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmentally induced diseases in children.
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Children and the environment.
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Pediatric toxicology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- General.
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Children and the environment (OCoLC)fst00855235
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Children -- Diseases -- Environmental aspects
(OCoLC)fst00854914
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Environmentally induced diseases in children (OCoLC)fst00913576
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Pediatric toxicology (OCoLC)fst01056490
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| Added Author |
Etzel, Ruth Ann, editor.
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Balk, Sophie J., editor.
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American Academy of Pediatrics.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pediatrics, American Academy of Protecting Your Child's Health : Expert Answers to Urgent Environmental Questions Chicago : American Academy of Pediatrics,c2020 9781610024372 |
| ISBN |
9781610024389 electronic bk. |
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1610024389 electronic bk. |
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9781610024396 (electronic bk.) |
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1610024397 (electronic bk.) |
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